It's hard to know how to help reconstruct "ordinary" life after a war. No life is ordinary. Here are reflections on pasts, presents, and futures along the way.

Friday, June 17, 2011

First in Phones

Inexplicably, instead of prepping or packing, I find myself rather obsessed with integrating "social technologies." The easily-imagined dream of writing once and posting everywhere is, in set-up at least, a harsher reality. I'm rather astounded to realize that I now spend more time writing on my phone than talking on it. For better or worse, this post verifies that I can now do with my phone what in 2004 I could only do with - well, with my HP Pocket PC. And an expandable keyboard. And a SIM card. But back then, it wasn't cool, just nerdy. Sigh. I really miss my pocket word processor. Guess I better see if there's an app for that...

About Me

I am an anthropologist, archaeologist, and geographer, engaged in re-building university programs in Iraq. I tend to think about life as lived over the past several thousand years, as well as over the past several hundred hours. I was not embedded in "hot" zones. I was just going about a very odd little bit of ordinary life, in extraordinary circumstances.